suvssucoTell them apart

Quick tell: su is a adjective, suco is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“su” is an adjective and “suco” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,713
“su” frequency rank
#4,860
“suco” frequency rank
11573
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature su suco
Definition dele líquido retirado da parte carnuda de uma fruta, de algum animal ou de algum vegetal

Letter map: su vs suco

Shared letters muted; letters that set su and suco apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch
su
4 ch
suco

Grammar separator: su vs suco

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: su is anadjective and sucoanoun. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “su” sits inside “suco”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11573, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

su is recorded at frequency rank #6,713, classified as anadj. suco is at rank #4,860, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 11573, this pair ranks #61,233 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of su vs suco

Shared letters: su. Private to "su": -. Private to "suco": co.

"su" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "suco" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sucoscuo · ssuco · succo · suoc · usco

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "su" for "suco" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "su" is an adjective and "suco" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "su" or "suco"?
"suco" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,860 in our Portuguese list, against #6,713 for "su". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "su" and "suco". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "su" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "suco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #61,233 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "su" and "suco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sau vs su". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #61,233 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list